2023-04-26 23:01:00
Date of the day
April 27, 1929 was born in Vilnius Yuri Turonak, historian, participant of the Belarusian cultural movement of the 1950s–1980s and the national democratic movement of the 1980s — beginning XXI century. in Poland.
Also on this day
1706 – the Swedish army led by King Charles XII stormed the Mir Castle, after which the fortress was burned down.
Mirsky castle 40 years ago. Epic photos of Sergey Dubauts
In the summer of 1978, students of the Faculty of Journalism of BSU Ihar Hermianchuk (he sometimes gets into the frame) and Siarhei Dubavets made a photo session at Mirsky Castle, which at that time had a completely different image of an epic ruin that directly breathed the glory of our past.
1906 — the first meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Empire took place.
1919 – Polish troops occupied Hrodna, where the government of the Belarusian People’s Republic and the Belarusian army were located.
[1945 – BSSR became one of the founding states of the UN.
1996 — in Minsk, mass arrests of participants of the “Chernobyl Way”, which took place the day before, are taking place.
2011 – in Minsk, the trials of the participants of the “mass riots” on the Square-2010 were held, Zmytra Bandarenko sentenced to 2 years in prison.
They were born on this day
1782 — Nikolay Paganinand, Italian virtuoso violinist and guitarist, composer.
1791 — Samuel Morsean American artist and inventor.
1878 — Stanislav Lyubich-MajewskiBelarusian public and cultural figure, teacher.
In memory
1584 — Nikolai Radzivil “Rudy”statesman and military figure of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
1967 — Mykola AlexyutovichBelarusian philosopher.
1998 — Vytaut Tumashhistorian, participant of the national liberation movement of the 1930s in Western Belarus, a figure of post-war emigration in Germany and the USA.
2002 — Mikhail Ptashukfilm director, People’s Artist of Belarus (died in a car accident).
2006 — Michal Vitushkamilitary figure, politician, head of the post-war armed anti-Soviet Resistance of 1944–1950s.
2017 — Mikhas Pavlov, doctor, local historian and publisher, human rights defender, participant of the national-democratic movement of the 1980s — beginning. 21st century, one of the founders of the Vitebsk club “Uzgorye”.
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